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FUR GARMENT.

No. 281.886. Patented July 24, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM KELLER, OF I-IOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, JULIUS LEFEVRE, OF NEW YORK, AND FRIEDRICH PETER MUND- SCHENK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW` YORK.

FU R GARNI ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,886, dated July 24, 1883.

- Application sied May 11,1883. (No maar) T0 LIZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM KELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Articles of Fur, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a fur collar or other article-of fur made entirely of' the tails of animals, said tails being slitted lengthwise and flattened, and then provided with an incision extending from the tip inward, so as to form two tip-sections, which are twisted with the hair outside, while the inner flat portions of the tails are united by stitches. Vith these flattened tails are combined gores of' leather or other suitable material, so as to impart to the collar or other article the desired curvature.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents an inverted plan of a fur collar constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on a larger scale than the previous figure, the plane of section being indicated by the line @o x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of `a tail when'iiattcned out and provided with the incision required. Fig. 4 is a similar view when the tip ends of the iiattened tail are drawn apart to indicate the space for the gore.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a fur collar, which is composedV of a series of tails, B. These tails are slitted throughout their entire length, and thenthey are unrolled or flattened out, so that they assume the form shown in Fig. 3. Each of the iiattened tails is then provided with an incision, a, extending inward, as shown in Fig. 8, so as to form two tiplsections, b b, each of which can be twisted independent of the other, (see Fig. 1,)

thereby producing, so to speak, a tail with two tips. In twisting the tip-sections care is taken to keep the hairs outward, so that the skin is entirely covered. The tip-sections are twisted while the tails are in a green or wet state, and when they have become dry they retain their twisted position without requiring any additional fastening by stitches or otherwise. If a number of the iiattened tails with their twisted tip-sections are fastened together by stitches or otherwise, as indicated in Fig. 3, a rectilinear article lis produced, which may serve, for instance, as atrimming; but if said iiattened tails are to be worked into a fur collar, the twisted tip-sections b b are drawn apart, as indicated in Fig. 4, and in the inner portions of the incisions a are secured gores o, of leather or any other suitable material, as shown in Figs. EL and 2. By these gores the requisite curvature is imparted to the collar. The faces of the gores are concealed by the hairs of the adjoining tail-sections", said hairs being Aspread over the gores, as indicated in Fig. 2.

What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An article of' fur made entirely of the tails of animals, said tails being slitted lengthwise and flattened, and then provided with an incision extending from the tip inward, so as to form two tip-sections, which are twisted with the hairs outside, while the inner flat portions of the tails are united by stitches, substantial- 75 ly as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the incision in the attened tails and withthe twisted tip-sections, of gores c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM. KELLER. 

